The Doors LP 1967 Australian 70s reissue classic psych rock

 

Original Australian early 70s reissue pressing on Elektra ‘butterfly’ label

 

The Doors is the eponymous debut album by American rock band the Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released on January 4, 1967 (although the album was available in various record stores in New York City as early as the third week in December 1966 as part of a special promotion). It was originally released in different stereo and mono mixes, and features the breakthrough single "Light My Fire", extended with an instrumental section mostly omitted on the single release, and the lengthy song "The End" with its Oedipal spoken word section. The Doors credit the success of the album to being able to work the songs out night after night at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood California, and the London Fog nightclubs.

 

The Doors was not only one of the albums to have been most central to the progression of psychedelic rock, but is also one of the most acclaimed recordings in all of popular music. In 2012, it was ranked number 42 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time; it continues to hold similarly high positions on other "best-of" lists.

 

The original album has sold 20 million copies, and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame; "Light My Fire" was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category, "Rock (track)". It has been reissued several times on CD, including a 2007 remaster that became the Doors' most successful studio album in commercial sales.

 

In 2015, the Library of Congress selected The Doors for inclusion in the National Recording Registry based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance.

 

Side A

 

1.           "Break On Through (To the Other Side)"     2:29

2.           "Soul Kitchen"              3:35

3.           "The Crystal Ship"      2:34

4.           "Twentieth Century Fox"       2:33

5.           "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)            3:20

6.           "Light My Fire"             7:06

 

Side B

 

7.           "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett)                3:34

8.           "I Looked at You"        2:22

9.           "End of the Night"      2:52

10.         "Take It as It Comes"               2:23

11.         "The End"        11:41

 

 

CONDITION:

 

SLEEVE: NM

 

RECORD: NM—  Spindle mark on 1 label, vinyl is M—

 

 

 

 

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